The spa will include the UK's first rooftop spa garden, which
has been designed by horticulturalist Matthew Wilson, a regular on
BBC Radio 4's Gardeners Question Time who received The People's
Choice award for this 2016 Chelsea Flower Show garden. Wilson
worked closely with Rudding Park for more than nine years on the
project to create "a very special new experience for guests that
relates to the history of the grand landscape found at Rudding
Park".

The spa is inspired by the woodland glades that border it,
featuring one of the finest mature rhododendron and azalea
collections in the north of England. It features a south-facing sun
deck, an open air spa bath, a hydrotherapy infinity pool and garden
sauna cabin.

Wilson said of the garden's design: "The arrival landscape sets
the scene for the very special experience to come with a sense of
strolling through a woodland glade to get to The Spa. I've created
a space that is very calming with its topiary beech domes and
ornamental grasses, surrounded by beautiful woodland and trees,
which can be appreciated from the south facing sun deck.
During my time working with the owners and management team at
Rudding Park, we have all realised how much value the landscape
adds to the visitor experience, whether in the form of ornamental
gardens, the kitchen garden and now the spa landscape. Guests
love it, engage with it and want to know more about it."